My son went to one of the better public high schools in Austin, it is the same school where the Bush daughters attended and most of the local political and business elite send their kids. It is a tough school to place in the Top 10% but it obviously can be done.
And if my boy had been rejected from UT in favor of some minority kid that would have been just fine with him. He would have instead done his first year at one of the other UT schools and entered UT as a sophomore and would still graduate with that UT degree.
No big deal as it is only the freshman year at UT that kids are missing out on.
Great. I'm impressed. Seriously. I am. No kidding. Wow.
So, in that high school of his, the bottom half are performing well beyond the top 10% of some low-end school, but yet, the low end students get preference because of their race?
“And if my boy had been rejected from UT in favor of some minority kid that would have been just fine with him.”
Sure. I am sure he wouldn't have given it a thought that he worked hard and was rejected because of his race. I'm sure he would understand and agree with that attitude/policy.
The core issue remains: Is it fair to reject someone that was in the top of their class BECAUSE of their race?
Answer, for the liberals out there, no, it is not fair.